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From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Run (don't walk) to your store.  Lemmings has been released.
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.183732.21582@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 91 18:37:32 GMT
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In article <1991Feb20.185537@monet.ucdavis.edu> ez002266@monet.ucdavis.edu () writes:
>Hi, I was just about to post how great lemmings was, and how it was still worth
>it even
>though it only boots from floppy when an unfortunate circumstance ocurred.
>The disk went bad.
>I got this game 2 days ago, and now it doesn't fucking work.
>Psygnosis used KAO disks for the copy I have. What a perfect combination.

I also noted with some amusement that the disks came un-write-protected.
Since Lemmings uses level passwords, I saw no reason for it to write to
the disk, so flipped those little things before I booted - works great.

This is particularly suprising after several pages in the manual were
dedicated to virus warnings and disclaimers.  Why not practise the best
virus protection known to man - write protect the damn disk?!
(Of course, it is possible that my disks were a fluke)

>Now, I like this game too much to simply return it, but I don't want to have to
>return 
>it every 2 days. Would some kind soul like to trade a cracked happy-dos version
>of lemmings for two useless disks with 'lemmings' stamped on the cover?

Since Lemmings hasn't even been out for a week, you're well within the
free replacement period for the disks.  However, they expect you to
send 2.50 quid for replacement to Psygnosis Ltd (U.K.), which seems
ridiculous since the postage would be about $10 and 30 days!

>-bruce


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| Robert E. Huebner                   | "Death is nature's way of telling  |
| huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu           |  you to slow down"                 |
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